View of the Chateau du Haut Koenigsbourg castle

Author 'Mick55' (Id 199980 ) : For those who have not yet seen all the wonders of Alsace, here is a view of the Castle of the Haut Koenigsbourg castle, with ramparts, towers, and in the background the Plain of Alsace.

I don't think he has truly changed... a piece like this at the top of a mountain
It is still in restoration in some parts, but it doesn't detract from the visit.
It's been 38 years ... that I had not returned : it was during my military service, we were made to walk for 2 days, and the 3rd one is mounted to the castle... but not by the road , and on foot with a backpack and a rifle

I suspected that a 'good mosellan' knew this beautiful castle which can be seen from very far away
It does not necessarily include everything that people say Alsatian to each other, considering one is the 'French from within' (true !), but they are always very nice, and they have a really beautiful region.

You know Mick, 'French from within' is not pejorative, it's more of a geographical indication (an AOC if you want to), just as the French term overseas. Its origin dates back to 1871, the government of the day to mark, that he did not recognize, really the annexation by Germany, we called (Moselle and Alsace) the French from the outside' and it speaks of the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine, which is false it was the Alsace-Moselle. For the 'French from within', the Lorraine region consists of 4 departments of the Moselle (which is the most populated, lorraine two is mosellan with Metz, Prefecture of the department and region, the Meurthe and Moselle with Nancy, the ancient capital ducale, the Meuse Bar-le-Duc, the Vosges, with Epinal. As for the castle, which was a ruin, the people of alsace had the intelligence of 'the offer' to the emperor of Germany, who restored it !

I forgot (and I even had title to 60 characters,) as my mother tongue is the frankish rhineland, I have the advantage of understanding the people of alsace in the south in the Sundgau 'the road of fried carp' Saint-Louis region Ferette, where in addition to the focus there is a vocabulary, a little particular. For the little story, I think that one of the titles of Albert of Monaco is the count of Ferette !